Don't let go- Tarlos

Better

Carlos pov

After two days of resting I'm finally at TK's side again, my head, still hurts and sometimes I get dizzy out of nowhere, but I know TK needs me and I need him, he is doing better, he doesn't sleep all day anymore, he can move his right hand, the doctors said that his ribs are healed and that his sprain neck is also healed.

So they are taking off the neck brace.

I know it's a long way for TK to recover but I like to celebrate the small wins.

So when I arrive to his room I surprise him with his favorite beverage, I asked for permission.

He's still asleep, looking so peaceful, I just take a seat in the same couch and stroke his cheeks, his chest, feeling his lungs breathe, until he wakes up

His eyes looking for me, a smile on his face when he finds me

" Hi, my love" I smile back
And then the most beautiful sound comes in my ears

"Hi" He says almost no sound coming out of him, but it's enough for me to melt with his voice, the one I've been missing for so much time, I can't hold my emotion and kiss him softly, keeping the tears in my eyes.

He smiles while kissing, then he looks at me, he just know me so well, he knows what I'm feeling, so the words weren't really necessary.

"I love you babe" I said my voice breaking

He reach for my face and caress my cheek, I just melt into him, the emotion coming again, the need of his touch getting stronger, so we stay like that, enjoying each other touch and heat, no conversation needed, everything felt perfect, like  everything was gonna be ok.

Until I wake up to the sound of the door opening, the doctor coming in.

"Hi, good morning" he says walking to the bed to check on TK

"Are you ready?"

"Hi good morning" I said getting up from the bed but not letting go of TK's hand, he was still asleep "Yeah, of course we are ready" I said without looking away from TK.

"Ok, let's see" he says and puts some X-RAYS on a screen, you could see the neck  "Well, this are the tests we got yesterday, and from what we find, he is healing as expected, his neck is looking really good, and the best part is..." he pauses and changes the X-ray on the screen where we could see his spine " The best part is that his spine is looking really good too" he continues " His spine was one of the things that had us really worried, but, as you can see it is healthy" he finishes

I can feel how some weight gets out of my shoulders, because he's ok, he will be able to work again, everything it's gonna work out.

I didn't even realized that TK had wake up until I feel him squeeze my hand, I look at him and he's smiling, his beautiful perfect smile, I can't help the tears of happiness coming out of my eyes, and I chuckle a little bit.

"Thanks doctor, that's some great news" I said to the doctor "So what are the next steps?"

" We'll start getting of the neck brace, and then we will provide physical therapy, for your back, so it gets stronger, ok?" He says to both of us

I nod and TK gives him a thumbs up

"Great" he gets closer to TK "Ok TK, we are gonna take the tube out for a second, so don't worry, try to relax" he says to TK as a nurse comes closer, but I don't leave his side

"Also, you might feel weird without the neck brace because it was giving you a lot of support, so if you want more pillows let us know"

I just nod I can't say I'm not scared